2022 Top Posts, but Not Really

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Today marks the last day of 2022. 

I am looking back over the posts published on this aging blog over the last year and seeing that I have not been sharing a lot of my insights on aging.  I only completed nine posts--counting this one. Consequently, compiling a list of Top 10 posts is a little disingenuous.  

 (Link for posts written in 2022) 

I am still teaching gerontology classes as an adjunct at both the University of Evansville and at the University of Southern Indiana (USI).  

In previous years, I frequently wrote posts about films that I have viewed and books that I have read on topics related to aging.  In 2022, I only read one book about aging.  Lately, I have been spending more time at the gym and less time reading and watching films.  

I also helped a friend by serving as a judge of nonfiction books for three categories: elementary, middle grade, and high school readers.   Here is my Goodreads 2022 Challenge, which shows the 84 children's books that I read (in addition to another 20 books, with a total of 104 titles read this year). 

I also traveled a lot this year with trips to the following places: 

• Harlaxton Manor in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
• Edam, Netherlands (which is just a bit north of Amsterdam)
• Burlington, Vermont
• Seattle, Washington
• Houston, Texas

I also traveled to Muncie, Indiana to see our daughter play the trumpet in recitals and in performance groups with other brass players or in the university concert band (which is like an orchestra but minus the strings). That's a four hour drive each way, so we typically stay overnight after the evening concert. During the pandemic, we only had the opportunity to watch her on a livestream, and she is a trumpet performance major at Ball State University. We were trying to make up for lost time. 

Also, I am experiencing some eye fatigue after teaching online during the day, so I tend to listen to podcasts in the evening instead of reading or watching films or television. I could work harder to find podcasts on topics related to aging so that I can write reviews and make recommendations.  

I am hoping that 2022 brought you all some great opportunities.  

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2021 Top Posts

2020 Top Posts

2019 Top Posts